HIGHLY  IMPORTANT  TO  FARMERS. 


FACTS    AND    TESTIMONIALS 

IN  RELATION  TO 

A  PATENT  METHOD 

OF  MAKING 

COMPOST   MANURE 

INVENTED  BY 

GEORGE  BOMMER,  OF  NEW  YORK. 
ELI    BARNETT, 

OF  WESTVILLE,  NEW  HAVEN  COUNTY,  CONN.,  PROPRIETOR. 


Individual  Rights,  with  a  copy  of  the  Method,  sold  at  a  moderate 
price.  Township,  County,  and  State  Rights,  estimated  according  to 
their  agricultural  importance.  All  letters  addressed  to  the  Proprietor, 
post  paid,  shall  receive  prompt  attention. 

C.  S.  Du.\NiNg,  General  Agent  and  Contractor  for  Virginia,  North 
Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Louisiana,  Florida. 
Mississippi,  Alabama,  Arkansas,  Missouri,  and  Illinois;  Chaki.es  Bali:, 
do.  Georgia  ;  H.  H.  Sherman,  and  E.  Hoole,  do.  Pennsylvania  and 
Maine  ;  S»  C.  Babcock,  do.  Vermont.  All  other  authorized  agents  will, 
be  furnished  with  appropriate  credentials. 

Patent  and  copyrights  duly  secured  and  recorded. 


NEW  HAVEN: 

H.    BENHAM,    PRINTER. 

1348. 


PROPRIETOR'S  ADDRESS. 


Fellow  Citizens  :  I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  offer  you 
one  of  the  most  important  agricultural  improvements  that 
has  characterized  the  age.  You  do  not  need  to  be  told  that 
manure  is  indispensable  for  the  successful  cultivation  of 
3'our  farms  ;  or  that  that  system  is  the  most  desirable  which 
will  secure  the  greatest  amount  of  the  best  manure,  in  the 
shortest  time,  and  with  the  least  expense.  It  is  only  ne- 
cessary to  satisfy  you  that  these  advantages  do  actually 
unite  in  Bommer's  Method,  to  induce  you  to  appreciate  its 
importance,  and  to  avail  yourselves  of  its  advantages.  If 
expedition  in  its  production  were  the  only  advantage,  we 
might  suppose  that  what  we  gained  in  the  saving  of  time 
might  be  sacrificed  in  the  expense  or  quality  of  the  manure. 
But  it  is  now  demonstrated,  by  the  clearest  evidence,  that 
Bommer's  Method  is  capable  of  converting,  expeditiously 
and  economically,  not  only  all  vegetable  substances,  muck, 
peat,  &c,  but  also  common  earth,  into  a  rich  and  fertiliz- 
ing manure,  more  efficient  and  durable  in  its  effects  than 
stable  manure.  The  resources  for  making  the  manure  are 
inexhaustible — consequently  it  can  be  made  to  any  extent 
desired.  Many  of  the  ingredients  to  make  the  manure  are 
universally  attainable  by  every  farmer,  without  cost,  and 
the  balance,  so  far  as  indispensable,  can  be  procured  at 
trifling  expense.  It  is  scarcely  possible  to  enumerate  all  the 
advantages  which  Bommer's  Method  is  capable  of  produ- 
cing, if  it  should  become  generally  introduced  and  faith- 
fully improved  throughout  our  extended  and  favored  coun- 
try. I  am  aware  that  different  sections  may  have  their 
peculiar  advantages  and  disadvantages  connected  with  their 
particular  localities,  but  I  know  of-  no  section  where  Bom- 
mer's  Method  would  be  inapplicable  and  useless.  Espe- 
cially wherever  a  plentiful  supply  of  the  best  manure,  with 
the  least  expense,  is  a  desirable  ohject,  there  should  Bom- 
mer's Method  be  practically  introduced,  with  the  least  pos- 
sible  delay.      Wherever   domestio   endearments  and  the 


sweets  of  home  render  it  desirable  that  lands,  which  have 
hitherto  administered  to  our  support,  should  retain  unim- 
paired their  wonted  fertility,  and  eventually  descend  to 
posterity  as  an  evidence  that  they  have  been  rendered  bet- 
ter by  our  occupancy,  there  should  Bommer's  Method  be 
regarded  as  indispensable.  And  where  worn-out  lands, 
which  were  once  productive,  are  exhausted  and  do  not 
compensate  for  their  tillage,  let  Bommer's  Method  con- 
vert the  barren  waste  into  a.  fruitful  field.  In  shortj  let 
Bommer's  Method  receive  the  patronage  it  deserves,  theo- 
retically and  practically,  with  the  ordinary  blessing  of 
Providence,  it  will  augment  the  wealth  of  our  country  to 
an  inconceivable  extent,  and  while  its  benefits  immediately 
accrue  to  the  agriculturist  who  employs  it,  the  advantages 
will  indirectly  advance  the  general  interests  of  society. 
ELI  BARNETT,  Proprietor. 


'  North  Carolina,  Sept.,  1848. 

Eli  Barnett,  Esq.,  Westville,  Ct., 

Dear  Sir, — Since  I-  purchased  from  you,  in  March 
last,  the  right  for  the  Southern  States  for  Bommer's  Meth- 
od for  making  Manure,  its  great  value  has  been  fairly  and 
fully  tested  and  demonstrated  in  a  great  number  of  in- 
stances, and  in  various  sections  of  the  country,  particu- 
larly in  North  Carolina,  and  Virginia.  It  affords  me  un- 
feigned pleasure  to  say  to  you,  it  has  proved  eminently 
successful  in  every  trial,  and  its  results  perfectly  satis- 
factory to  all  concerned. 

In  the  sale  of  this  valuable  Method  to  our  Planters  and 
Farmers  here,  I  have  pursued  the  plan  of  constructing 
large  heaps  on  Plantations  and  Farms — following  the  direc- 
tions of  the  Method  strictly.  These  heaps  have  been  com- 
posed of  every  variety  of  both  vegetable  and  mineral  sub- 
stances— such  as  oak  leaves,  pine  straw,  the  raking  oft" 
from  the  woods,  corn  stalks,  coarse  grass,  reeds  from  the 
swamps,  weeds  and  straw  from  all  kinds  of  small  grains, 
boggs,  swamp  mad  and  muck,  earth,  ditch  bank,  &c.  &c. 
In  short  it  has  been  found  by  the  application  of  this  Meth- 
od, material  may  be  found  on  every  Farm  and  Plantation 
at  any  season  of  the  year,  from  which  large  quantities  of 
the  richest,  most  fertilizing  Manure  may  be  produced  in 


the  short  space  of  twenty  or  thirty  days,  and  at  much  lese 
expense  than  by  any  other  Method  heretofore  known  by  our 
most  experienced,  scientific  agriculturists.  The  cash  out- 
lav  to  the  farmer  being  no  more  than  the  cost  of  a  few 
barrels  of  lime,  to  produce  a  thousand  loads  of  the  very 
best  kind  of  Manure,  rich  in  fertilizing  qualities,  adapted 
to  all  kinds  of  soil  and  every  variety  of  plants.  The 
Bommer  Method  of  making  Manure,  particularly  com- 
mends itself  to  the  favor  of  our  Southern  Planters,  where 
large  quantities  of  Manure  is  so  much  needed  and  may  be 
produced  at  so  little  cost.  By  this  Method  the  farmer  may 
locate  and  put  up  his  heaps  at  any  distance  he  pleases 
from  his  barn-yard,  horse  or  cattle  pounds,  or  lots,  at  any 
point  on  his  Plantation  most  convenient  for  his  operations^ 
where  the  greatest  amount  of  materials  is  found  and  near- 
est to  the  fields  he  wishes  to  manure.  Here  the  vast 
amount  of  materials  found  on  every  farm,  but  which  here- 
tofore remained  useless  on  account  of  the  distance  and 
great  expense  of  hauling  and  loss  of  time,  may  now  be 
put  up  into  heaps  and  converted  into  the  best  manure  in  a 
few  days'  time,  at  any  season  of  the  year,  and  at  a  trifling 
expense  compared  with  any  Method  before  known.  _  Here 
the  farmer  may  prepare  thousands  of  loads  of  the  best 
manure,  ready  for  his  worn-out  lands,  for  any  crop  he 
pleases,  and  which  he  could  not  manure  by  any  other 
method  ;  thereby  increasing  his  crops,  and  greatly  en- 
hancing the  value  of  his  lands. 

Wherever  these  heaps  have  been  put  up  for  exhibition, 
farmers,  planters,  scientific  men,  chemists,  and  all  others 
interested  in  the  advancement  of  agriculture  in  our  State, 
have  been  invited  to  witness  the  process  of  erecting  the 
heap,  and  the  subsequent  waterings  with  the  ley ;  and 
when  matured,  which  has  generally  been  in  about  twenty 
four  days,  all  have  been  invited  to  be  present  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  heap,  and  to  examine  the  manure  for  themselvesi 
We  have  in  all  cases  invited  the  most  scrutinizing  exam- 
ination by  farmers,  men  of  science,  and  the  best  chemists 
of  our  country,  who  have  invariably  found  our  Bommer 
manure  to  contain,  in  great  quantities,  all  those  salts  and 
gases  so  valuable  and  precious  to  the  farmer  in  restoring 
his  worn-out  lands,  and  producing  every  kind  of  crop.     It 


is  found  to  be  in  many  respects  far  superior  to  any  other 
manure  before  known  or  used,  and  all  have  united  in  pro- 
nouncing it  the  most  practical,  speedy,  effectual,  and  by 
far  the  cheapest  method  yet  discovered,  as  you  will  readily 
see  by  the  numerous  certificates  and  testimonials  from  our 
best  practical  and  scientific  agriculturists,  which  I  now 
transmit  to  you  for  publication. 

The  introduction  of  the  Bommer  Method  of  making 
manure  into  the  Southern  States  at  this  time,  is  hailed  by 
the  friends  of  agriculture  as  the  harbinger  of  a  better  and 
a  more  prosperous  state  of  things  in  our  Planting  interest. 
In  a  country  like  ours,  where  large  quantities  of  manure 
are  so  indispensably  necessary  in  the  cultivation  of  our 
lands,  and  producing  remunerating  crops,  cheapness  and 
dispatch  are  the  grand  desiderata  with  the  farmers;  and 
here  the  Bommer  Method  seems  happily  to  come  in,  ex- 
actly suited  and  adapted  to  our  wants,  By  the  adoption 
of  this  economical  Method,,  our  lands  in  North  Carolina 
may  now  be  made  fertile  and  productive,  and  abundant 
•crops  realized,  and  our  worn-out  lands  and  fields  restored, 
When  this  is  done,  we  shall  see  the  vast  tide  of  emigra- 
tion from  the  good  old  State  of  North  Carolina  to  other 
States,  to  new  and  richer  lands,  checked  and  stopped  ;  and 
possessing,  as  she  does,  one  of  the  finest  climates  in  the 
world,  she  will  rise  with  her  sister  States  in  the  scale  of 
agricultural  importance,  wealth,  and  prosperity. 

The  right  for  the  use  of  the  Bommer  Manure  Method 
is  now  afforded  to  all  classes  of  farmers  on  such  reasona- 
ble terms,  that  every  one  can  well  afford  to  purchase  it, 
and  avail  themselves  of  its  great  benefits,  without  delay, 
It  is  now  believed  by  all  intelligent  Planters,  and  those  most 
deeply  interested  in  our  agricultural  improvement  and 
prosperity,  that  this  Method  will  shortly  be  very  generally 
adopted  and  practised  throughout  our  State.  And  now 
since  the  practicability  and  beneficial  results  of  the  Bom- 
mer  Method  is  seen  and  realized,  we  have  been  frequently 
•solicited  and  urged  by  many  of  our  most  talented  men, 
practical  and  experienced  agriculturists,  not  to  relinquish 
our  efforts  for  the  sale  of  this  Method  until  its  general 
•adoption  is  secured  thorughout  the  State.  We  shall  con- 
tinue our  efforts,  and  believe  we  shall  soon  accomplish  this 
1* 


desirable  end.     In  the  meaa  time  shall  be  happy  to  com^ 
municate  to  you  the  progress  we  make. 

Respectfully  and  cordially  your  friend, 


C.  S.  DUNNING. 


FACTS  AND  TESTIMONIALS. 

[From  the  Warrenton  {±s.  C.)  Reporter.} 
BOMMER  MANURE. 

As  a  subject  which  should  be  unusually  interesting  to  the 
agricultural  portion  of  our  readers,  we  recommend  attention 
to  the  method  of  making  manure  patented  by  George  Bom- 
mer  five  years  ago,  which  has  been  very  generally  adopted 
in  Virginia,  Maryland,  most  of  the  Northern  States,  and  is 
now  coming  into  practical  use  in  several  of  our  Eastern 
counties.  From  the  testimonials  of  very  many  of  our  best 
practical  agriculturists,  there  seems  to  be  no  doubt  that  it 
is  the  most  effectual,  economical,  and  speedy  method  of 
making  manure  yet  discovered. 

The  Heap  of  Materials  laid  up  on  the  plantation  of  Mr. 
Kemp  Plummer,  by  the  Proprietors  of  the  Patent  for  this 
State,  was  examined  on  the  6th  inst.  by  upwards  of  thirty 
of  our  Planters  and  Scientific  men,  and  the  result  was  such 
as  to  prove  satisfactory  to  the  most  prejudiced  mind.  The 
heap  was  iu  an  advanced  stage  of  decomposition,  suitable 
for  immedite  application,  and  fully  equal  to  the  best  Lot 
Manure. 

We  are  pleased  to  learn  that  many  adopted  the  Method, 
indicating  that  the  dormant  spirit  of  agricultural  improve- 
ment is  not  entirely  extinguished  in  our  county.  That  our 
lands  are  capable  of  being  made  fertile  and  of  producing 
remunerating  crops  instead  of  the  meager  apologies  now 
realized  from  them,  is  beyond  a  doubt  to  the  least  atten- 
tive observer.  All  that  is  necessary,  is  to  awaken  a  spirit 
of  inquiry,  so  that  a  knowledge  of  the  true  merits  of  any 
improvement  may  eradicate  the  absurd  prejudicies  so  often 
impeding  any  progress  in  agriculture. 

The  Right  for  the  use  of  the  Bommer  Method  is  secured 
by  Letters  Patent,  but  the  Proprietors  offer  it  on  such  reason  - 
able  terms  as  to  remove  all  obstacles  to  its  general  adoption; 
and  if  by  so  simple  a  process  our  barren  fields  may  be  made 
productive,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  one  will  be  found  so  want- 
ing in  public  spirit  as  not  to  encourage  it. 


COMMENDATORY  NOTICES  FROM  GENTLEMEN  OF  SCI- 
ENCE AND  INFLUENCE  IN  DIFFERENT  STATES. 
From  the  Transactions  of  the  N.   Y.  Agricultural  Society 

— Prize  Essay  on  the  preparation  and  use  of  Manures,  by 

Willis  Gaylord. 

Bommer's  patent  manure  is  compost  made  in  a  scientific 
and  accurate  manner,  every  part  of  the  process  so  man- 
aged as  to  produce  a  perfect  fermentation,  without  the  loss 
of  any  of  the  valuable  parts  of  the  constituents  used. 

From  a  knowledge  of  the  process  employed  by  him,  we 
are  able  to  say,  that  where  his  directions  are  followed,  a 
powerful  and  valuable  manure  cannot  fail  to  be  produced. 


From  Professor  Ives,  of.  Yale  College,  Neio  Haven,  Ct. 

Rev.  E.  Barnett,  Sir — I  have  examined  the  pamphlet 
of  Mr.  Bommer  on  the  subject  of  making  manure.  His 
method  is  founded  on  correct  philosophical  principles, 
agreeably  to  those  recently  advanced  by  Leibeg.  If  farm- 
ers can  be  induced  to  purchase  the  Method  and  thoroughly 
execute  his  plan  of  making  manure,  in  my  opinion  it  will 
very  much  increase  the  value  of  farms  in  this  State. 

ELI  IVES. 


From  Professor  Cleaveland,  of  Boicdoin  College,  Me. 
I  have  read  the  description  of  the  several  processes  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  G.  Bommer,  for  the  preparation  of  vegetable 
manure,  and  believe  the  subject  to  be  highly  deserving  of 
the  attention  of  farmers.  The  manure  thus  produced,  is 
well  adapted  to  promote  the  growth  of  vegetation.  By 
following  these  processes,  the  firmer  not  only  greatly  in- 
creases his  supply  of  good  manure,  but  can  prepare  it  at 
the  time  he  may  need  it.  This  Method  of  manufacturing 
manure  may  also  be  commended  on  the  principle  of  econ- 
omy ;  for  it  enables  the  farmer  to  convert  into  a  useful 
article  the  straw,  weeds,  and  other  vegetable  matter,  found 
on  every  farm,  at  a  moderate  expense,  in  addition  to  hLs 
own  labor.  One  great  error  in  agriculture,  is.  the  cultiva- 
tion of  too  much  land  with  too  little  manure.  To  remedy 
this  evil,  a  smaller  number  of  acres  must  be  cultivated,  or 
the  quantity  of  manure  increased.  The  latter  may  be  ef- 
fected by  Mr.  Bommer's  process.     P.  CLEAVELAND. 


Certificate  from  Hon.  W.  B.  Calhoun,  President  of  Hamp. 
den  County  Agricultural  Society. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  Nov.  2d,  1847. 

I  have  examined  with  a  good  deal  of  attention  the  sys- 
tem of  making  manures  by  George  Bommer,  and  am  clear 
in  the  opinion  that  it  is  of  great  value. 

Every  farmer  has  abundant  materials  within  his  own 
grounds  for  making  any  quantity  of  manure.  Bommer's 
Method  shows  the  way  to  make  it  of  the  very  best  quality 
and  in  a  brief  ,space  of  time.  The  system  is  simple,  the 
expense  of  the  process  trifling,  and  the  result  highly  effica- 
cious. 

The  application  of  the  system  to  barn  yard  manures  and 
earth  is  very  important.  One  of  the  great  advantages  of 
Bommer's  process  is  the  destruction  of  foul  seeds,  effected 
by  high  fermentation;  and  the  effect  is  to  render  cultiva- 
tion clear  and  thorough. 

Bommer's  book  contains,  I  think,  a  great  amount  of  val- 
uable information  concerning  the  nature  of  manures,  and 
their  adaptation  to  particular  soils  and  crops,  and  is  a  very 
useful  and  instructive  manual  on  the  subject  of  manures. 

WM.  B.  CALHOUN. 

Egypt,  N.  C,  July  4,  1843. 
J.  H.  Upton,  Esq., 

Dear  Sis, — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  regarded  favor, 
under  date  of  21st  u!t.  I  paid  $20  for  Bommer's  Method, 
some  three  years  since.  The  book  clearly  illustrates  the 
process,  and  I  found  no  difficulty  in  making  the  manure. 
I  have  substituted  coperas  for  salt-petre,  and  use  the  cop- 
peras very  freely,  with  lime  and  unslacked  ashes,  in  form- 
ing the  lye  to  wet  the  kiln,  which  ought  to  be  thoroughly 
done  every  four  days  till  the  lye  runs  through  the  kiln 
freely.  In  two  or  three  weeks  the  manure  is  rotted  for 
use.  I  make  two  kilns  at  the  same  time,  and  have  them 
so  arranged  that  the  waste  lye  from  both  will  run  into  same 
vat.  It  may  be  made  of  any  kind  of  litter,  such  as  the 
rakings  of  leaves  from  the  woods,  any  kind  of  straw  from 
small  grain,  &c.  The  manure  may  be  varied  in  strength, 
in  proportion  to  the  strength  of  the  lye,  but  by  following  the 
Method,  manure  can  be  made  of  the  best  quality.     I  make 


six  kilns  every  spring,  about  12  feet  wide  by  28  long,  and 
7  feet  high.  Believing  I  have  given  you  all  the  informa- 
tion necessary,  I  shall  subscribe  myself) 

Yours  Respectfully, 

PETER  EVANS. 


Gales  County,  N.  C>  July  1th,  1848. 
J.  H.  UftoN)  Esq., — The  drought,  (which  lasted  almoti'. 
from  the  time  you  left  till  you  wrote,)  caused  my  corn  to 
look  so  bad  that  I  did  not  think  prudent  to  answer  you  be- 
fore. But  since  it  has  rained,  my  Bommer  corn  is  in  a  beau- 
tiful, growing  condition.  You  know  that  the  land  I  planted 
it  upon  was  so  worn  out  that  the  old  stalks  were  not  lar^er 
tlian  my  finger,  but  the  present  crop  on  the  same  land  ma- 
nured with  Bommer,  1  think  will  be  first  rate;  and  I  find 
Bommer  to  be  a  choice  manure  for  potatoes. 

Yours,  &C. 
OLIVER  H.  SAVAGE, 


I  purchased  a  right  for  the  use  of  the  Bommer  Method 
of  making  ■manure,  in  May,  1848,  and  erected  a  heap  of 
about  1000  loads,  consisting  of  pine  straw,  reeds,  oak- 
leaves,  and  swampy  matter.  The  heap  was  opened  24 
days  after  erection,  in,  presence  of  many  gentlemen,  and 
the  result  was  productive  of  the  utmost  satisfaction  to  all. 
The  materials  were  in  an  advanced  stage  of  decomposi- 
tion, and  presented  the  appearance  of  rich  and  valuable 
manure.  I  have,  up  to  this  time,  put  up  about  5000  loads, 
and  am  so  well  pleased  with  the  Method  that  I  shall  con- 
tinue its  use,  believing  it  to  be  the  most  economical  and 
effectual  way  of  making  manure.  The  cash  outlay  is  very 
small,  and  the  labor  not  exceeding  the  ordinary  mode  of 
making  yard  manure. 

•  I  most  cheerfully  recommend  the  Method  as  being  of 
great  value,  more  particularly  in  our  section  of  country, 
where  large  quantities  of  manure  are  required  bevond  the 
amount  supplied  by  stock.  THOS.  P.  LITTLE. 

Hertford  County,  N.  C,  May,  1848. 

We  the  undersigned,  having  been  present  at  the  opening 
cf  the  heap  of  manure  laid  up  after  Bommer  s  Method,  and 


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opened  on  this,  the  24th  day  after  its  completion,  take 
pleasure  in  stating  that  we  find  the  mass  (composed  of  oak 
leaves,  pine  and  wheat  straw,  reeds  and  muck)  far  advan- 
ced in  a  state  of  decomposition,  and  in  what  we  conceive 
to  be  in  the  best  state  to  apply  to  land  broadcast;  present- 
ing the  appearance  of  rich  and  valuable'  manure,  and  af- 
fording us  evidence,  by  every  means  which  we  possess  of 
testing  its  value,  of  its  being  a  most  excellent  manure. 

From  the  specimens  which  we  have  seen,  we  highly  ap- 
prove of  the  Method  and  recommend  its  adoption  to  the 
entire  agricultural  comrrfuhity. 

Sam'l  A.  Darden.  J.  W.  Hutchings. 

Jet  R.  Darden.  Thos.  N.  Myrick. 

Geo.  W.  Peet.  James  Maget. 

B.  T.  Spiers.  James  H.  Maget. 

Richard  G.  Cowper.         William  J.  Maget. 

Jno.  P.  Bridges.  Sam'l  D.  Winbone. 

Hertford  County,  State  of  North  Carolina,  > 
June  23d,  1848.      < 


We  the  subscribers,  citizens  of  Yates  County,  N.  C, 
having  examined  a  heap  of  Bommer  manure  made  in  our 
County,  in  May,  1848,  do  certify  that  we  are  highlypleased 
with  the  success  of  the  Method,  and  believe  it  to  be  of 
great  utility  and  importance  to  the  farming  interest. 

The  Method  is  a  speedy  way  of  converting  all  kinds  of 
•vegetable  and  mineral  matter  into  a  rich  and  highly  fertil- 
izing manure,  superior  in  many  respects  to  yard  manure. 
The  success  of  the  Method  has  been  practically  demon- 
strated to  us,  beyond  a  doubt,  and  we  cheerfully  recom- 
mend it  to  the  farmers  of  our  County  as  being  eminently 
worthy  of  their  adoption. 

W.  G.  Daughty.  Cord  ay  Y'.  Savage. 

Thos.  Riddick.  R.  Lassiter. 

W.  J.  Baker.  O.  H.  Savage. 

H.  C  Willey.  Dr.  Jno.  Gatling. 


We  the  subscribers,  citizens  of  Hertford  County,  N.  C, 
having  examined  a   heap  of  Bommer  manure  erected  in 
our  County  in  June,  1848,  and  highly  pleased  with  the  r  e 


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suit,  being  satisfied  of  the  value  of  the  manure  and  the 
importance  and  economy  of  the  Method.  The  heap  open- 
ed on  the  17th  day  of  June,  1848,  23  days  after  erection, 
presented  the  appearance  of  rich  and  highly  fertilizing 
manure.  Great  benefit  must  be  derived  from  the  certain 
destruction  of  the  seeds  of  all  noxious  weeds.  The  heap 
was  composed  of  dry.  materials,  Vegetable  and  Mineral 
We  cheerfully  recommend  the  Method  to  our  farmers,  as 
being  profitable  and  economical. 

Jno.  P.  Bridges.  J.  W.  Hutcrtngs. 

R.  H.    WoRTHINGTON.       DAVID  GATLING. 

A.  W.  Moore.  William  Dunning. 

Pleasant  Jordan.  Benj.  H.  Perkins. 


This  may  certify  that  I  purchased  Bommer's  Method 
last  fall,  and  have  put  up  two  heaps,  composed  of  corn- 
stalks, straw,  and  leaves  ;  and  found  them  decomposed  to 
my  satisfaction  in  fifteen  days.  The  expense  of  the  ma- 
terials to  decompose  the  heaps  did  not  cost  over  fifteen  or 
twenty  cents  per  cord  ;  the  labor  is  only  such  as  is  necessa- 
ry to  form  a  compost  heap  of  any  kind. 

Eli  Sargent, 

Brattlcboro,  Vt.,  May  13,  1848. 


I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  tried  the  Bommer  process 
of  making  manure,  and  highly  approve  of  making  the 
same.  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  I  feel  confident 
that  the  system  is  a  valuable  one,  as  my  corn  that  I  ma- 
nured with  this  manure,  looks  better  than  that  manured 
with  sta'ble  manure.  The  cost  of  the  materials  that  I  pur- 
chased was  not  over  twenty  cents  to  the  cord. 

E.  S.  Woods. 

Windsor.  Vt.,  June  7,  1848. 

This  may  certify,  that  I  purchased  Bommer's  Method  of 
making  manure,  this  Spring,  and  made  one  heap  of  about 
three  cords,  in  which  I  used  corn  stalks  and  straw,  and  it 
mostly  decomposed  ;  and  I  have  no  doubt  in  regard  to  the 
svstem,  and  can  safely  recommend  it  to  farmers. 

Andrew  R.  Adams. 

Windsor,  Vt.,  June  8th,  1848. 


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This  certifies  that  I  have  carefully  examined  the  Bom  me* 
Method  df  making  manure,  and  am  fully  satisfied  that  his 
Method  will  be  of  great  advantage  to  the  farmer,  and  will 
cause  two  blades  of  grass  to  grow  where  but  one  now  grows, 
and  with  but  a  trifle  of  expense  to  the  farmer. 

Pom/ret,  Yt.,  May  29lh,  1343-       Gard-xer  Wixslow. 


This  may  certify  that  I  have  practiced  manufacturing 
manure  by  Bommer's  Method  for  three  years,  having  made 
over  one  hundred  loads  the  past  season,  and  find  it  both  con- 
venient and  profitable,  and  can  very  cheerfully  recommend 
it  to  others.  Aarox  P.  Lynde. 

.  pringfield,  Yt.,  March  16th,  1843. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  partially  tried  Bommer's 
process  of  making  manure,  and  am  satisfied  it  as  the  best 
way  to  decompose  all  kinds  of  weeds,  &c,  and  consider  it 
worth  all  1  paid  for  it.  Uriah  Wilkiss. 

Stow,  Sept.  6th,  1348. 


TO    WHOM  IT   MAY    CONCERN. 

1  have  recently  purchased  Bommer's  Patent  Manure 
Method,  and  having  examined  it  very  carefully,  am  per- 
fectly satisfied  in  regard  to  its  practical  utility,  and  am  of 
the  opinion  that  it  will  be  of  great  advantage  to  the  farm- 
■cra  of  this  State  if  they  will  put  it  in  practice.  I  have 
no  hesitation  in  saying  that  Bommer's  method  is  founded 
upon  correct  principles,  and  that  by  following  its  directions, 
every  farmer  may,  at  small  expense  and  reasonable  labor, 
manufacture  his  own  manure,  almost  entirely  within  his 
own  resources.  "  Union  is  strength."  "  To  lose  nothing 
is  economy."  ,  Bommer's  method  beautifully  illustrates 
the  meaning  and  force  of  these  quotations,  for  it  teaches 
how  to  unite  together  many  articles  about  a  farm  that  have 
usually  been  considered  of  little  or  no  importance,  and  how. 
with  a  trifling  outlay  for  other  ingredients,  to  convert  the 
whole  into  a  manure  that  must,  in  my  opinion,  be  strong 
ar.j  durable.  I  have  already  commenced  putting  the  sys- 
tem in  practice,  and  have  no  doubt  that  it  will  be  of  more 
advantage  to  me  the  present  year,  than  the  cost  of  half  a 
dozen  rights.  Samcee  West. 

Clissler,  Delaware  Co.,  May  5,  1843. 


